Rams LT Alaric Jackson suspended two games after punching Bills’ Bradley Chubb face ahead of trash talk

The NFL has suspended Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson after he punched Buffalo Bills pass-rusher Bradley Chubb during a postgame confrontation that was captured on camera. League announcements and multiple reports say the punishment was initially two games, a ban that would bench Jackson for the Rams’ upcoming matchups.

Jackson appealed and, after a meeting with hearing officer Derrick Brooks, NFL spokesperson Michael Signora announced the suspension was cut to one game, leaving Jackson to miss the game at the Arizona Cardinals. The video of the altercation was recorded by an ESPN camera, which the reports say shows Jackson striking Chubb as players gathered after the Rams’ loss.

The NFL framed the act as a breach of its sportsmanship rule, citing Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1, according to the CBS Sports summary of the league statement. Bradley Chubb described the exchange afterward as a brief confrontation and indicated there had been trash talk, remarks that CBS Sports says preceded Jackson striking him.

Multiple outlets reported the sequence similarly: initial reporting by NFL Network and ESPN names the punch and the league’s Tuesday announcement of the suspension; Bleacher Report and CBS Sports recounted Chubb’s comments and identified the rule the NFL said Jackson violated; TheScore reported the subsequent appeal meeting and the hearing officer’s decision to reduce the ban to one game.

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio provided an estimate of the financial penalty, reporting that Jackson would forfeit roughly $1 million by missing the game. Reports differ slightly on the practical scheduling consequences. CBS Sports lists the suspension as covering Week 6 at Arizona and Week 7 versus Las Vegas and cites Oct.

26 as the date Jackson becomes eligible to return to the active roster and Nov. 1 for his first game back against the Chargers. TheScore, citing the hearing officer ruling, says the suspension was reduced to a single missed game at Arizona. Those accounts agree Jackson will be out for the Cardinals game but disagree on whether a second-game ban stands after appeal.

The Rams have not released a detailed public account of the internal appeal beyond the hearing officer’s involvement reported by theScore, and ESPN-linked reporting says Jackson explored an appeal.

The NFL’s public statement described the conduct as violating its sportsmanship rule but did not supply further disciplinary history for Jackson or the league’s rationale beyond the rule citation.

This episode followed a heated Monday night game in which the Bills beat the Rams in overtime; several outlets note the game’s emotion and that players were exchanging jerseys and words when the altercation occurred.

Accounts by Chubb quoted in the coverage portray the clash as brief and emotionally charged; the available reporting does not assert motive beyond those immediate descriptions. Jackson’s suspension prompted immediate roster implications for the Rams’ offensive line in the short term and a reported financial impact for Jackson.

The sources indicate an internal appeals process reduced the punishment, but they disagree on whether the reduction eliminated a second missed game, creating two competing public versions of Jackson’s timeline for return.

No source in this package reported injuries, arrests, fines beyond the forfeited game pay estimate, or any league-imposed additional punishments; the published coverage focuses on the punch, the suspension and the appeal outcome.